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Because WCW
by Liam Happe & Dean Ayass
The podcast where the big boys play. The greatest podcast in the history of this great sport. Look at the adjective: podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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111: WCW’s ’Mount Rushmores’, part one
Well, it's been a long seven months but Dean and Liam are finally back on the podcast beat, and it had nothing to do with jail time... honest! Their first episode back is a special look at a very popular question across a variety of topics on social media: which four wrestlers/matches/finishing...
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110: Nitro Watchalong, episode 50
Dean and Liam reach a milestone on the retro series, and it's fittingly a significant episode as Ted DiBiase shows up and proves he can count to five, while Chris Jericho makes his debut Nitro appearance and immediately fails to get sportsmanship over as a gimmick. Not only that, but the Blue...
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109: Remembering Scott Hall
The entire wrestling community is this week mourning the news that former WCW United States, Television and Tag Team champion Scott Hall has passed away at the age of 63. Hall was not only part of WCW's memorable early 1990s era, but would of course return in 1996 in one of the most memorable...
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108: Nitro Watchalong, episode 49
Dean and Liam return from a winter hibernation brought on by a combination of house renovations and more bloody Covid to deliver their first episode of 2022, another Nitro Watchalong during the famous early days of the New World Order. Stick us on alongside the Aug. 19, 1996 episode, or just…
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107: End of 2021 Q&A Spectacular!
The final day of the year brings our last episode of 2021, and as with previous years it's a doozy. For the third straight year, Dean and Liam have implored you to ask them ANYTHING related to World Championship Wrestling. And after doing it solo in 2019 and inviting a guest in 2020, this time -...
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106: Nitro Watchalong, episode 48
It's the first episode of Monday Nitro following the lengthy stint at Disney and the first since Hollywood Hogan regained the WCW World title at Hog Wild as the show arrives in what Larry Zbyszko calls 'the middle of nowhere' - Casper, Wyoming. Join Dean and Liam through an erratic 90 minutes of...
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105: Superbrawl 1 w/ Sam ‘Berry‘ Gardiner
An old favourite guest returns to the podcast to help Dean and Liam look back at the infamous WCW debuts of Scott Hall and Kevin Nash... kinda. Superbrawl 1 sees Oz and The Diamond Studd make their bows during a very strange transitional period for the company, but thankfully an utterly weird PPV...
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104: Nitro Watchalong, episode 47
The WCW roster deals with the aftermath of the New World Order's legendary backstage assault from the previous Nitro in this final episode before Hog Wild on PPV, which is also the last of the Disney/MGM tapings due to the 1996 Olympics. Join Dean and Liam as they watch through the babyfaces...
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103: Mayhem 1999 w/ Grappl‘s Richard ‘Benno‘ Benson
All Elite Wrestling's recent All Out 2021 PPV earned the biggest buyrate for a non-WWE wrestling PPV since WCW produced their inaugural Mayhem show in way back in 1999. And when Dean and Liam shared this trivia with a fellow podcaster they met at Hooked On's All Out watch party, the trio decided…
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102: Exclusive interview w/ The Death Of WCW & WrestleCrap‘s RD Reynolds
Today marks four years since the very first episode of Because WCW looked at the infamous Starrcade 1997 PPV (which also means we have lasted longer than the promotion did after that botched Sting/Hogan main event), and to celebrate our 4th birthday we spoke to a member of wrestling media who…
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101: Nitro Watchalong, episode 46
Dean and Liam arrive at one of the most iconic editions of Monday Nitro, as Scott Hall and Kevin Nash bring a regularly-scheduled episode to its knees with a sneak attack so rough and severe that wrestling writers would spent the next decade or more attempting to replicate it on a weekly basis…
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100: Exclusive interview w/ Lance Storm
Somehow, some way, Because WCW made it to the 100-episode mark. So, Dean and Liam decided to celebrate by bringing on a very, very special guest! Former United States (sorry, CANADIAN) heavyweight champion, Triple Crown title winner and globally-respected wrestler and trainer Lance Storm joins…
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099: Clash Of The Champions 15 w/ Discovery Wrestling's Darren Goss
Days after learning of the passing of beloved wrestling legend 'Beautiful' Bobby Eaton, Dean and Liam decided to rewatch one of the few shows Eaton main evented: a 1991 challenge of WCW champion Ric Flair on a TV special. Joining the duo is returning former guest Darren Goss of Discovery…
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098: Nitro Watchalong, episode 45
The Disney tapings continue in the wake of the New World Order's formation, and Ric Flair is conspicuous by his absence. Fortunately, in Flair's place is new arrival The Leprechaun. Yes, you read that right. Join Dean and Liam as they breeze through a fast-paced two-hour Nitro, which is a…
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097: Nitro Watchalong, episode 44
Eight days after the infamous conclusion of BATB '96, 'Hollywood' Hulk Hogan makes his first appearance in the infamous all-black garb. Well, if you ignore his temporary midlife crisis period in late '95. The battle lines are drawn in WCW as the New World Order make their presence known on…
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096: Clash Of The Champions 22
Dean and Liam, for the first time in a while, review a classic major WCW show as a two-man act and for the occasion, they covered the second Clash event in the podcast's run so far. Join them as they debate whether Cactus Jack turned babyface at or before this show; whether 2 Cold Scorpio's…
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095: Nitro Watchalong, episode 43
It's the day after Bash At The Beach 1996 and everything has changed on Nitro. Not only is beloved hero Hulk Hogan now a villain in league with The Outsiders, but WCW are filming their Monday night TV show at Disney in broad daylight! An intriguing and unique episode begins the steady move into…
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094: Nitro Watchalong, episode 42
It's the end of an era on the Watchalong series, as Dean and Liam cover the final episode of Monday Nitro prior to the arrival of the New World Order and professional wrestling being turned on its head. A mostly-enjoyable run of pre-Hollywood Hogan television finishes up with a decent enough...
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093: Starrcade 1992 w/ comedian Chris Brooker
Because WCW continues its chronicles of the company's bizarre obsession of anchoring its flagship year-end pay-per-view offering with a myriad of side concepts as Starrcade finds itself once again piggybacking a Battlebowl and a Lethal Lottery. Nonetheless, this curiously-booked smattering of...
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092: Nitro Watchalong, episode 41
It took a month, but Nitro are finally starting to figure out how to make their two-hour shows run as smoothly as their mostly-enjoyable 60-minute bursts. Join Dean and Liam as those two no-good outsiders continue to make their presence known, spoiling an intriguing triangle main event for the…
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091: WrestleWar 1991 w/ wrestling commentator Dave Bradshaw
We let our special guests pick a pay-per-view or special WCW event to cover when they appear on the show, and many of them pick shows from the early 1990s. Who can blame them? To many of us growing up at that time, it was a true glory period, surpassed only by the nWo's peak months. Our latest...
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090: Nitro Watchalong, episode 40
It's the night after the 1996 Great American Bash (recently reviewed in episode 88), and the battle lines are starting to form in the wake of The Outsiders' attack on Eric Bischoff. Even WCW's resident villains are issuing threats to Hall and Nash - what has become of pro wrestling!? Join Dean…
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089: The 20th anniversary of the end of WCW
It was indeed an entire two decades ago on this very day that World Championship Wrestling staged its final live event, the 'series finale' edition of Monday Nitro, from Panama City Beach, Florida. This poignant landmark has prompted Dean and Liam to reflect back on the final few months of the...
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088: Great American Bash 1996 w/ Motorsport Network's James Dickens
Once again, Dean and Liam look back at a PPV in line with their ongoing Nitro Watchalong series, and it happens to be one of the more enjoyable efforts WCW ever put behind a paywall. The Giant vs Lex Luger, Sting vs Lord Steven Regal, a surprisingly fun battle between The Horsemen and two NFL…
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087: Nitro Watchalong, episode 39
Nitro's move to two hours continues to experience some teething pain, as WCW delivers another one-hour episode stretched out the extra length as the hard sell for the 1996 Great American Bash begins. That said, a great old-school tag team main event featuring Sting and Lex Luger defending the tag...
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086: Nitro Watchalong, episode 38
One week after the shocking Nitro appearance of Scott Hall, WCW broadcast their second two-hour Monday night offering - though it could have easily fit inside the old one-hour timeslot if they removed all the repeated promo videos for the absent Hulk Hogan. Nonetheless, an old-school bout pitting...
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085: Clash Of The Champions 17 w/ Rock FM's Joel Ross
A new year means new horizons for Because WCW, as for the first time we review a Clash Of The Champions event! The two-hour TV specials had a Saturday Night's Main Event/In Your House vibe, but were eventually replaced by monthly three-hour PPVs. Dean and Liam start with one of the very best…
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084: Nitro Watchalong, episode 37
Hey, yo! After an extended Christmas break, Dean and Liam are back with not just any Monday Nitro Watchalong, but the May 27, 1996 episode. As Nitro moves from one hour to two, they mark the occasion with the arrival of one Scott Hall. The company's greatest ever storyline is underway! Tune in…
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083: Christmas Special Q&A w/ Power Slam Magazine editor Findlay Martin
After the positive feedback for last year's special festive episode, during which Dean and Liam answered YOUR WCW-related questions, they decided to do it again this year... with a special guest joining their panel. Former two-time guest of the show and editor of famed British wrestling…
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082: Nitro Watchalong, episode 36
It's the final Monday Nitro before the entire landscape of the professional wrestling industry would change forever, and it is also the night of perhaps Nitro's best match to date as the on-form Ric Flair battles popular babyface Eddie Guerrero. Join Dean and Liam as they wonder why 1996 Flair...
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081: Nitro Watchalong, episode 35
One of the final slender episodes of Monday Nitro brings us four matches that could all be classified as 'heel vs heel', if you are counting the constantly-scowling Scott Steiner and a Lex Luger who camped outside the arena overnight as heels. After all, Luger seems to switch each week at this...
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080: Great American Bash 1992 w/ wrestling historian Bradley Craig
We here at Because WCW have covered our fair share of awful, harebrained, nonsensical offerings from various loons somehow employed to positions of power at World Championship Wrestling over the years. This time, however, Dean and Liam cover perhaps the dullest. Joining them to look back at the...
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079: Interview w/wrestling writer Scott Keith
This special episode of the podcast sees Dean and Liam joined by a man who covered wrestling online for much of World Championship Wrestling's existence and to this day contributes to Inside The Ropes as well as running his Blog Of Doom website, Scott Keith. The trio discuss Scott's experiences…
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078: Nitro Watchalong, episode 34
The era of The Giant has arrived, and WCW wastes no time showing us what an unstoppable and uncontrollable force he is as World champion. They also waste no time in hammering home their two favourite on-off long-running storylines, "Randy Savage has lost his mind!" and "what's the deal with Sting...
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077: Halloween Havoc 1990 w/ wrestler RJ Singh
Thirty years ago on the very date of this episode being published, World Championship Wrestling aired the second annual Halloween Havoc PPV live on PPV. And on this momentous anniversary - not to mention the day before NXT finally brings the beloved concept back - is the perfect time for us to...
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076: Nitro Watchalong, episode 33
The April 29, 1996 edition of Monday Nitro may well be the best one yet. Featuring a hard-hitting Parking Lot Brawl between Fit Finlay and Lord Steven Regal plus two major title bouts, the absence of Hulk Hogan continues to lead to some enjoyable hour-long television. Join Dean and Liam for more...
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075: Nitro Watchalong, episode 32
Would you believe it? WCW begins three months of Hulk Hogan-less episodes of Monday Nitro with a really enjoyable hour of television! As fate would have it, while fans on social media bicker over how many non-finishes AEW have or have not used on a year of Dynamite, the April 22, 1996 edition of...
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074: Slamboree 2000 w/ TV's Adam Pearson
Earlier this year, we rewatched Spring Stampede 2000 and recalled how Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo's publicised joint rescue attempt of WCW was taking on water after just six days. Three weeks later, their second PPV effort continued to confuse and depress. The PPV that features actor David...
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073: Nitro Watchalong, episode 31
Good news: Midlife Crisis Hulk Hogan makes his final appearance on this edition of Monday Nitro before forming the New World Order and going Hollywood that summer. Bad news: he manages to leave a horrific taste in the mouth of the watching fan on his way out with his latest desperate self-serving...
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072: Nitro Watchalong, episode 30
Today, Because WCW turns three years old! And what better way to celebrate than with Hulk Hogan and Ed Leslie's latest desperate attempts to stay relevant? On the plus side, the Hulkster isn't far in our Nitro chronicles from disappearing until he'd return to form the New World Order. Until then,...
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071: The legacy of Monday Nitro w/ Power Slam Magazine's Findlay Martin
As it's Nitro Week on hookedonwrestling.co.uk, we have for the first time published a second episode in a week. And it's a humdinger! Dean and Liam are joined by British wrestling media legend Findlay Martin to discuss the impact WCW's game-changing weekly show had not just on the industry as a...
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070: Exclusive interview w/ Sonny Onoo
From Monday August 31 to Sunday September 6 2020, hookedonwrestling.co.uk and Because WCW are celebrating 'Monday Nitro Week', to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the very first episode of the game-changing weekly TV show on September 4. To mark the occasion, Dean and Liam present a very…
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069: Bash At The Beach 1996 w/ Hooked On Wrestling's Rob McNichol
For the first time, Because WCW has a podcast episode longer than the PPV it was covering. And considering which PPV this episode looks at, we're sure you'll agree it deserves the distinction of our biggest ep yet. Dean and Liam bring in a 'third man' for one of WCW's most infamous and...
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068: Nitro Watchalong, episode 29
Dean and Liam's run of early-1996 Nitros continues as they encounter an episode that, bizarrely, they both vaguely recalled watching on British cable TV back when it was fresh content. So, will this hour of TV, headlined by Ric Flair defending the WCW World title against The Giant and also...
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067: Nitro Watchalong, episode 28
How many wrestling shows can 'boast' that their match of the night was an immediate countout that finished in a matter of seconds? Welcome to the March 18, 1996 edition of Monday Nitro, where the tag team division continues to hurt the head and the eyes of everyone unfortunate enough to pick WCW...
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066: Nitro Watchalong, episode 27
As advertised on the previous episode, a Lumberjack Strap six-man tag main events the 27th Monday Nitro - and they made all of the lumberjacks dress in flannel! Join Dean and Liam as they continue on the road to Uncensored 1996 with quite the enjoyable hour of television, even despite the...
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065: Superbrawl 1993 w/ BBC Radio's Mike White
WCW had plenty of pros to supplement the many, many cons, but PPV events from the company that are widely regarded as truly great are few and far between. Superbrawl III is one of those select few that many consider to be great. So great, in fact, that friend of the podcast and BBC Sport…
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064: Starrcade 1990 w/ Carl Stewart
World Championship Wrestling transitioned out of the NWA/Jim Crockett Promotions in 1990, and is there a more WCW way for the company's era of infamy to begin than the Black Scorpion storyline? Ole Anderson followed up a brilliant 1989 by growling into a voice distorter to cap a massive…
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063: Nitro Watchalong, episode 26
Very few episodes of Monday Nitro so far on this Watchalong series have felt like chores to watch. The February 26, 1996 broadcast, unfortunately, was a massive chore to watch. Nonetheless, Dean and Liam make it worthwhile with their audio accompaniment. Hell, just listen to the episode without...
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062: Halloween Havoc 1997 w/ Adam 'Muscles' Mansfield
A question that has cropped up more than once in previous episodes of Because WCW is this: how did World Championship Wrestling manage so often to provide some all-time classic wrestling moments right next to some truly turgid excuses for entertainment? Havoc 1997 may well be the pinnacle of…
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